The GOP candidate delivered few downright lies but traded in what he calls ‘truthful hyperbole’ – and excluded statistics pointing to recovery since 2008
Trumps fiery speech carries too many echoes of the past to ignoreDonald Trump promised “the plain facts that have been edited out of your nightly news and your morning newspaper” in his speech to the Republican conference on Thursday night.
In many cases he was correct,and the GOP candidate delivered few downright lies, although he also traded in what he once referred to as “truthful hyperbole”. Unsurprisingly, and he systematically excluded statistics often quoted by the White House that paint a sunnier picture of American recovery since the 2008 financial crisis.
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Source: theguardian.com